Foxfire 2: Ghost stories, spring wild plant foods, spinning and weaving, midwifing, burial customs, corn shuckin’s, wagon making, and more affairs of plain living

This second volume celebrates the rites and customs of Appalachia, featuring sections on ghost stories, spring wild plant foods, corn shuckin’s, spinning and weaving, midwives, granny women, old-time burial customs, witches and haints, and wagon making.

Table of Contents:
Maude Shope

Sourwood Honey

Beekeeping
Spring Wild Plant Foods

Happy Dowdle
Making an Ox Yoke

Wagon Wheels and Wagons

Making a Tub Wheel
Making a Foot-powered Lathe
From Raising Sheep to Weaving Cloth

How to Wash Clothes in an Iron Pot

Anna Howard
Midwives and Granny Women

Old-time Burials
Boogers, Witches, and Haints
Corn Shuckin’s, House Raisin’s, Quiltin’s, Pea Thrashin’s, Singin’s, Log Rollin’s, Candy Pullin’s, and…
Kenny Runion